“Laura is a pro at designing and optimizing small spaces, and offers design services under the name, Unschooled Interiors. She lives in this 1000-square-foot condo located in a 1909 Victorian building with her partner and their dog.”
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“With a 500 sqft 2 bedroom (you heard that right), space was a premium. But Laura’s creativity and advice on key elements in our common space made it feel twice as large. I could not recommend her more highly to help make your space feel like the home you’ve always wanted.”
Matthew S, CVS Health, New York City
“That dresser you found… I still think about it!!”
“Thank you again Laura, you had great ideas and communicated so personally and in such a timely manner.
I may enlist your help in searching for particular items in the future on FB marketplace…. I learned that though there are a lot of design styles I find beautiful, they’re just not what I want in our home.
We also learned that what was making us antsy in our bedroom wasn’t that it wasn’t clean/calm, but it was just so unfinished to us. And what a difference that re-evaluation made in the way we see things.”
“What you said about adding color to our room to make it interesting and personal… I remembered that for our wedding my past students all painted and drew pictures of us on canvas! It was so special but it’s been boxed up since… now we can frame them to give variety and make our room extra personal.”
Chiori W, Early childhood education, San Francisco
“Laura took all my weird building constraints and thoughtfully combined them with my budget, hobbies, and color/light/socializing preferences.”
Katie G, Harvard Law School, Cambridge
”After moving into a grad school apartment with many odd nooks and annoying crannies, I struggled for weeks figuring out how to furnish my new home on my own. L put together a list of interior design suggestions that perfectly balanced specific, concrete design tips (e.g. which bookcases help divide up space, which seated tables would be good for tea with friends) with flexible options (tailored to my feedback). With her recommendations, my room now feels 2x more spacious, well-lit and personal! I highly recommend Unschooled Interiors - especially for students looking to turn sterile dorm rooms into a cozy safe haven.”
“I stayed with Laura for over 2 years. I saw how she used silk white veil to transform a characterless patio into an outdoor sanctuary, expanding our usable rooms during lockdown.”
Suraj B, Tenant, San Francisco
“I would highlight three hallmarks of her creative process: freshness, versatility and thoughtfulness. On a quarterly basis furniture would shift in our living room, each configuration distinct in character and bringing new energy to our home.
Perhaps most noteworthy is her seamless blending of art and science — an intuition about what “works” grounded in a rich understanding of colors, shapes, accents, angels, and combinations that bring spaces to life.”